Station Commander's Surrogate_Olympus Station by Aurelia Skye

Author:Aurelia Skye [Skye, Aurelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amourisa Press
Published: 2018-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Somehow, even in the midst of an alien envoy visiting to establish new ties and integrate an ambassador on the station, Weston had managed to mostly clear his schedule to stay by her side the last two days. Now, she walked with him back to Medical, having finally persuaded him she was up for the trip, so Gretel could perform an exam to ensure everything was stable.

She expected a clean bill of health, since she was feeling fine now. She still had an occasional moment of lightheadedness, probably from blood loss, or maybe even a side effect of the antitoxin or other medication that had maintained the pregnancy, but Piper was certain Gretel would clear her for resumption of normal activities.

A half-hour later, her prediction was correct as Gretel showed them a scan of the child, who was moving her arms and legs. Thanks to the incredible detail of the scan, she could see the most minute detail, including the tiny fingernails on the ends of her fingers. A jolt went through Piper when she had an unexpected emotional connection.

Physically knowing the child was there, and even seeing it, hadn’t done anything to help her bond with the pregnancy, but something had shifted in the last couple of days. Was it the almost loss of the baby, or Weston’s revelations? For some reason, knowing he wasn’t the father left her feeling closer to the baby forming inside her. Perhaps it was because she knew that Weston hadn’t been with her sister to create the child, or maybe she was moved by his act of selflessness enough that it bolstered her own. She was suddenly convinced there was no way she would walk away after the child was born.

“Let me walk you back to the quarters, and then I have things to attend to.”

She frowned. “I’m not ready to go back there. I’m sick of staring at the walls for two days and going slightly insane for weeks in that room. I need to get out and about.”

Weston frowned, his displeasure obvious. “It’s probably not safe.”

Piper rolled her eyes. “You heard Gretel. She said I’m just fine now, and I’m going to walk around and stretch my legs. I’m sure there’s a lot I haven’t reacquainted myself with on the station, so I should be able to find something to entertain myself for a while.”

He let out a heavy sigh. “In that case, you’ll come with me.”

She frowned. “Don’t you have some big alien thing?”

He grinned. “I’m not sure that the Jrojan prince and his ambassador would appreciate being called an alien thing, but yes, I do.”

“In that case, I don’t see how you have time.”

He shrugged. “You can come with me and act as my assistant. First, I think I’ll take you on a quick tour of the station and show you some of the things you haven’t seen. I’m not due to meet the delegation for another forty-five minutes.”

She smiled at him. “In that case, lead the way, Commander.

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